Meet Sammy.

Jason and I went to the park with a bag of peanuts and adopted a squirrel!

We offered this little guy a peanut, just to try to lure him a little closer and he came charging at us! Both he and I were ready to kick him, though, cause we were scared he was rabid.. but turns out he's just really friendly!! We decided to name him Sammy :)

Look how close he got to us!

At one point he actually crawled up into my lap to get the peanut :)

I promise I've been doing some knitting between feeding squirrels but yet again, fall quarter is eating my soul!

I started knitting Shooting Mittens for Jason, and I'm close to being done with the first one (although it may be a little loose!) and I have to figure out the fingers.

I also finished the first Musica glove for my sister and started on the second.. and the yarn for her husband's is sitting in my yarn bins.

Oh, and I started a Huggable Hedgehog! It's adorable so far!! I finished the front and now I'm just trying to figure out how to pick up stitches for the back. Especially cause it's so cute I feel guilty for not working on it more!

And I've lost a little steam for Lelah. But at the moment it's three feet away from me and I'm itching to work on it.. even though I need to work on Biology....

Ohh temptation.

I hate Fall quarter!

Dewey Scarf Finished!

I gave it to Ashley today as an early birthday present, and she loves it!

I made it about five and a half feet long, about five inches wide. I used two balls of Knitpicks Wool of the Andes in Pumpkin, and one ball of Red Heart Soft Yarn in white. I was trying to destash a little bit, but I had to buy more of the Red Heart yarn (which, by the way, thank god for no dye lot yarns!) so I have nearly a full ball left of that. Lame! Either way, the scarf turned out really soft and pretty. I almost didn't want to part with it!

And, me with my cat...

He looks so chubby here.

Aaaand more progress on my Lelah! :)

It's working!

The first ever picture of Lelah.The Hooters girl serving us noticed it in my purse and was so excited, she asked if I knit or crocheted. I showed her a picture of what it should look like when finished she told me I had to come back when I was done. She even brought other waitresses over to show them what I was making. It was pretty fun, it definitely made me happy! And now, I vow that when I'm finished with Lelah I'm getting a picture with the Hooters girls.

Plus, I want an excuse to go back anyway because the restaurant introduced me to fried pickles.. Mmmmm. Kind of weird but sooo tasty.

Anyway, about Lelah, she's about 3 1/2 inches long. I figure I need to knit about 8 inches for the stockinette section but of course I'll try it on and all. It still feels like it's going fast, as all projects do when I first start them, so I'm trying to knit as much as possible NOW before I lose steam! It's also easier to work on when I don't have to pay much attention to it.

Aaaanyway, enough writing for tonight. Back to knitting!!

However, yarn gods kiss my ass because due to my lack of attention with the stockinette section I have an accidental yarn over.

Frog #3 but at least it's only partial.

Gauge swatches

Can suck my balls. Liars.The gray (should have picked a brighter color, I apologize) is how big it should have been. The brown is how big it really is. Notice how it's even scrunched a little on the needles.

First frog for my Lelah.

New yarn! and the beginnings of Lelah!

My Knitpicks order came!! :)

Two balls of Palette in Cream, one in Raspberry Heather and one in... some sort of blue heather. Then two hanks of Gloss in Cocoa. WHICH IS BECOMING LELAH!
I'm so excited. I'm converting it to top-down because I maaaay have not enough yarn (I emailed knitpicks to check if they have any more in the same dyelot! I'd have to pay more shipping, lame, but I guess I could just find more things I want... Hmmm. But anyway, by doing it top down I can avoid the problem everyone seems to have with making the top part too big. Or, if I make it too big, there's much less to frog. I do not enjoy frogging/reknitting lace, it definitely makes me cry.

Anyway, I'll post the calculations and modifications I've made. They might help someone. And if not, all my calculations are safe on the internet. :)

Gauge: 23 st/4in

Top of shirt: 31.5” or 80 cm

Length: 18” or 46 cm (or so)

Sz 3 needles for stockinette

Sz 4 for lace

Fishtail lace pattern (top-down)

1. *P1, K9, P1*

2. *P1, K3, yo, sl1, K2tog, psso, yo, k3, P1*

3. Rep row 1

4. *P1, K2, yo, K1, sl1, k2tog, psso, K1, yo, K2, P1*\

5. Rep row 1

6. *P1, K1, yo, K2, sl1, k2tog, psso*

CO 184 no, 100. 184 was about another person too big.; Knit 1” for elastic then until covers boobs. YO, k2tog.

K 1 round.

Inc every 13 10 (now 198 110 st) (18 10 lace repeats)

Switch to size 4 circs

K 1 round

Rep lace pattern until approx 19” from top.

BO, block.

Oh. My. God.

I've gotta see Bruno now.

Two finished objects!

I finished the Scottie sweater! I haven't found a suitable model so in the meantime here are pictures of the sweater itself:
I adore it, I think it's so cute! I can't wait to have a dog to wear it.

I alsoo finished my St. John's Wort gloves!

I actually finished them a few days ago but I've definitely been dragging my feet about weaving in the ends. They're so warm and cozy and they will be PERFECT for winter! I can't wait for it to get cold again.

I can't believe this, but I'm also about three inches away from finishing the body on my top-down black sweater (formerly known as my skeleton hoodie.) I decided to do pink and black striped ribbing at the bottom, I really like the look of it. I didn't really want to leave it completely black, plus! Stashbusting!

I made it a little smaller than necessary but it fits really well at least!

Ashley's Dewey scarf is about 2 1/2 feet long at this point as well. Oops, no picture!

I'm trying to finish as many projects as possible before I get my most recent Knitpicks order. I'll take pictures when I get it, oooh teaser.

I'm so excited!